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Product Identifiers
PublisherLittle Brown & Company
ISBN-100316342262
ISBN-139780316342261
eBay Product ID (ePID)228940270
Product Key Features
Book TitleGround Beneath Us : From the Oldest Cities to the Last Wilderness, What Dirt Tells Us about Who We Are
Number of Pages320 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicEarth Sciences / Mineralogy, Outdoor Skills, Earth Sciences / Geology, Rocks & Minerals
Publication Year2017
IllustratorYes
GenreNature, Sports & Recreation, Science
AuthorPaul Bogard
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1 in
Item Weight18.9 Oz
Item Length9.5 in
Item Width6.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2016-958940
TitleLeadingThe
Dewey Edition23
Reviews"A whopper of a cautionary tale... Beyond ecological concerns, Bogard asserts that pavement disconnects us from nature, making the land seem homogeneous and undermining our well-being. The fragility of the life-giving earth we call dirt is the fragility of us all."-- Booklist, "Bogard considers both built landscapes and more natural ones in this diverse and engaging discussion on dirt. Examining urban areas such as New York City, he looks at "what's gone missing, what remains, what may come to be." The soil is "a trove of biodiversity" that we have yet to fully explore, and Bogard chats with an array of experts to learn how to dig deeper." -- Publishers Weekly, "Diverse and engaging... Bogard ponders what humans have sacrificed in the name of progress."-- Publishers Weekly, "Bogard reminds us of the riches underfoot, from New York's Central Park soil biome, which teems with thousands of freshly discovered species, to terrestrial pitstops that keep migrating birds on the wing."-- Nature, "A moving, poetic, immersive, multifaceted, and thought-provoking study... Terrific." -- Publishers Weekly
Dewey Decimal631.4
SynopsisWhen a teaspoon of soil contains millions of species, and when we pave over the earth on a daily basis, what does that mean for our future? What is the risk to our food supply, the planet's wildlife, the soil on which every life-form depends? How much undeveloped, untrodden ground do we even have left? Paul Bogard set out to answer these questions in The Ground Beneath Us , and what he discovered is astounding. From New York (where more than 118,000,000 tons of human development rest on top of Manhattan Island) to Mexico City (which sinks inches each year into the Aztec ruins beneath it), Bogard shows us the weight of our cities' footprints. And as we see hallowed ground coughing up bullets at a Civil War battlefield; long-hidden remains emerging from below the sites of concentration camps; the dangerous, alluring power of fracking; the fragility of the giant redwoods, our planet's oldest living things; the surprises hidden under a Major League ballpark's grass; and the sublime beauty of our few remaining wildest places, one truth becomes blazingly clear: The ground is the easiest resource to forget, and the last we should. Bogard's The Ground Beneath Us is deeply transporting reading that introduces farmers, geologists, ecologists, cartographers, and others in a quest to understand the importance of something too many of us take for granted: dirt. From growth and life to death and loss, and from the subsurface technologies that run our cities to the dwindling number of idyllic Edens that remain, this is the fascinating story of the ground beneath our feet., Our most compelling resource just might be the ground beneath our feet. Finalist for the Sigurd F. Olson Nature Writing Award When a teaspoon of soil contains millions of species, and when we pave over the earth on a daily basis, what does that mean for our future? What is the risk to our food supply, the planet's wildlife, the soil on which every life-form depends? How much undeveloped, untrodden ground do we even have left? Paul Bogard set out to answer these questions in The Ground Beneath Us , and what he discovered is astounding. From New York (where more than 118,000,000 tons of human development rest on top of Manhattan Island) to Mexico City (which sinks inches each year into the Aztec ruins beneath it), Bogard shows us the weight of our cities' footprints. And as we see hallowed ground coughing up bullets at a Civil War battlefield; long-hidden remains emerging from below the sites of concentration camps; the dangerous, alluring power of fracking; the fragility of the giant redwoods, our planet's oldest living things; the surprises hidden under a Major League ballpark's grass; and the sublime beauty of our few remaining wildest places, one truth becomes blazingly clear: The ground is the easiest resource to forget, and the last we should. Bogard's The Ground Beneath Us is deeply transporting reading that introduces farmers, geologists, ecologists, cartographers, and others in a quest to understand the importance of something too many of us take for granted: dirt. From growth and life to death and loss, and from the subsurface technologies that run our cities to the dwindling number of idyllic Edens that remain, this is the fascinating story of the ground beneath our feet.
LC Classification NumberS591.B64 2017
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- 16. Jun. 2022
Why pave when it is so hot to go dirt??????? Save the Earth!
Haven't finished it yet. But so far it is great. I came back to finish this review. I finished the book and I highly recommend it to anyone who really wants to know what is going on with Planet Earth. The need to put our attention on saving the Earth may be too late but I have to think not. We are poor stewards of the Earth and continue to be. Doing away with fossil fuels is a drop in the bucket. We cannot change our way of depending on fossil fuels overnight as some politicians would us believe. They are all out for control of our lives and the country. Big government is not the answer. It has been proven but so many refuse to believe history and it outcome. Read this book and think of ways to save Planet Earth. Stop paving is one way. Save the wetlands and all the little creatures God put here . We are responsible for all of it, but make no mistake, God is in control , not the Government.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
